1988 Trakehner Gelding (Insterfurst/Graditz). Purchased in 1993 from a breeder in Alabama as he was just broken as a five-year-old; sold to Costa Rican buyer through Marco Bernal in 1999 as a Prix St Georges/Intermediare proven horse schooling Grand Prix. "Maverick was a bit of a challenge at the start, hence his name; with some time, he developed into a schoolmaster!"